california legislature—2015–16 regular session

ASSEMBLY BILL

No. 1042

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper
February 26, 2015

An act to amend Section 7574.01 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to professions and vocations.
legislative counsel’s digest

AB 1042, as introduced, Cooper. Proprietary security services.
The Proprietary Security Services Act generally regulates the
proprietary private security vocation, and requires a proprietary private
security officer to, among other things, register with the Department of
Consumer Affairs and complete specified training. The act defines a
proprietary private security officer as an unarmed individual who, among
other qualifications, meets 2 specific criteria of being required to wear
a distinctive uniform clearly identifying him or her as a security officer
and of being likely to interact with the public while performing his or
her duties.
This bill would expand the definition of a proprietary private security
officer by instead requiring one of the 2 specific criteria to be met.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 7574.01 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:
7574.01. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:

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(a)  “Bureau” means the Bureau of Security and Investigative
Services.
(b)  “Chief” means the Chief of the Bureau of Security and
Investigative Services.
(c)  “Director” means the Director of Consumer Affairs, unless
the context indicates otherwise.
(d)  “Person” includes any individual, firm, company,
association, organization, partnership, and corporation.
(e)  “Proprietary private security employer” means a person who
has one or more employees who provide security services for the
employer and only for the employer. A person who employs
proprietary private security officers pursuant to this chapter at
more than one location shall be considered a single employer.
(f)  “Proprietary private security officer” means an unarmed
individual who is employed exclusively by any one employer
whose primary duty is to provide security services for his or her
employer, whose services are not contracted to any other entity or
person, and who is not exempt pursuant to Section 7582.2, and
who meets both one of the following criteria:
(1)  Is required to wear a distinctive uniform clearly identifying
the individual as a security officer.
(2)  Is likely to interact with the public while performing his or
her duties.
(g)  “Registrant” means an individual registered with the bureau
under this chapter.

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